Equisetum sylvaticum

Woodland horsetail ( Equisetum sylvaticum )

The wood horsetail ( Equisetum sylvaticum ) is a plant of the genus Equisetum ( Equisetum ).

Features

The forest Horsetail is a perennial plant that reaches the plant height of 15 to 50 centimeters. It forms from underground runners. There are multiple branch branches to the ears loose stems. They are very fine and thin, horizontally spreading, lying in a plane and slightly curved over hanging at the end and result in an overall significantly stockwork -like structure. The internodes of the stem are 2.5-6.5 cm long and usually pretty equal. The 5 to 18 vaginal teeth are fused in groups to 3-4 (6), blunt lobes. The spiked shoots turn green after the spores mature. The forest Horsetail has 2n chromosome number = 216

Occurrence

The forest horsetail occurs in temperate warm to cool Europe, Asia and North America in moist forests, mountain meadows and on mountain fields before. Your deposits will in the Arctic to Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Greenland, in Europe south to northern Spain and northern Greece. The type indicates acidification and water logging; it is Kennart of Alno Ulmion Association, also occurs in moist Vaccinio - Piceion companies and Galio Abietenion stocks. It rises in the Alps to 1850 meters. She avoids lime. She is a Shadow to partial shade plant.

Use

The forest Horsetail is often used as an ornamental plant in moist copses.

Documents

• Eckhart J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller, K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Josef Dostal: Equisetaceae '. In G. Hegi: Illustrated Flora of Central Europe. Volume 1, Part I. 3rd Edition, Verlag Paul Parey. Berlin, Hamburg, 1984. ISBN 3-489-50020-2
• Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas Florae Europaeae. Volume 1, Pteridophyta. Helsinki 1972.